BIO-DATA As on 1.9.09 of DR. PRAVEEN KUMAR B.E.(Civil), M.E. (Transportation Engg.) Ph.D. (Engg.), FIE, LMIRC, MIGS Professor Transportation Engg. Section Department of Civil Indian , Phone –01332285470, 9412307245

DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1964

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (i) B.E. (Civil Engg.), M.R. Engineering College, Jaipur, 1987 (ii) M.E. (Transportation Engg.), University of Roorkee, 1990 (iii) Ph.D. (Transportation Engg.) University of Roorkee, 1997

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION (i) Rural Road Network Planning (ii) Low Cost Roads (iii) Industrial Waste Utilization in Road Works (iv) Pavement Performance Studies (v) Alternate Route Choice (vi) Intelligent Transport System (vii) Urban Road Planning

NATIONALITY Indian

EXPERIENCE (i) Research (1992-1998) as Scientist for about six years at Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, a National Laboratory under CSIR (ii) Assistant Professor in Transportation Engineering Section of Civil Engineering Department at University of Roorkee, (IIT Roorkee), May 1998-Feb 2004. (iii) Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering Group of Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Feb 2004- Dec 2007 (iv) Presently working as Professor in Transportation Engineering Group of Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Dec 2007 onwards.

COUNTRIES VISITED United States (Washington), Australia (Adelaide), China (Shanghai), Nepal (Kathmandu)

1 PRESTIGIOUS SPONSORED & CONSULTANCY PROJECTS COMPLETED

1. Planning of Rural Roads in Jaipur District, sponsored by Public Works Department, Rajasthan, 1992-1993 2. Use of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag in Road Works, sponsored by Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam, 1993-94 3. Utilisation of Steel Industry Waste in Road Construction, sponsored by RDCIS, (SAIL), Ranchi, 1993-96 4. Planning of Rural Roads in Ghaizabad District, sponsored by Public Works Department, Uttar Pradesh, 1995-98 5. Preparation of Master Plan for Rural Roads of Adilabad, Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of Andhra pradesh sponsored by World Bank, 1997- 98 6. Utilization of Steel plant by-products in Road Works, sponsored by SAIL, Rourkela, 1994-98 7. Use of Fly-Ash in Embankment of Indo-Japan Friendship Bridge (New Nizamudin Bridge), sponsored by PWD, Delhi, 1997-1998. 8. Use of Quarry Waste in Road Construction, sponsored by PWD, Delhi, 1998. 9. Benkelman Beam studes for different Roads in U.P. sponsored by PWD, U.P. 10. Benkelman Beam studies for different Roads in Delhi, sponsored by PWD, Delhi 11. Traffic Studies for Proposed Express Ways around NCR of Delhi in collaboration with STUP consultant 1999. 12. Development of an Approach for Intelligent Transport System for Indian Environment sponsored by AICTE 2000-2003. 13. Feasibility Study of Transport Nagar at . 14. Feasibility Study of Transport Nagar at Rishikesh 15. Scrutiny of PMGSY Proposals in Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, 2001 onwards as Coordinator, State Technical Agency. 16. Guidance to PIUs of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for construction of Rural Roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) as Coordinator,Principal Technical Agency 17. Development of Design Procedure for Reinforced Flexible Pavement, MHRD, 2003-2006. 18. Design and Monitoring of Ardh Kumabh Mela Roads of Haridwar District, 2003-2004. 19. Rural Roads Pavement Performance Studies for PMGSY, sponsored by NRRDA, MoRd, Govt of , Rs 20 Lakhs

ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITES

1. Session Coordinator, International Conference on Roads and Road Transport Problems (ICORT-95), Dec. 11-14, 1995.

2 2. Session Coordinator, National Get-Together on Road Research and its Utilization, organised by CRRI, New Delhi, Jan. 3-4, 1997. 3. Convenor, Session Coordination Committee, Indo-US Workshop on Ground lmprovement using Geosynthetics, organised by CRRI in collaboration with University of New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), March 26-28, 1997. 4. Member, Finance Committee, PIARC World Conference, organised by CRRI and PIARC-G2 Group, New Delhi. 5. Member, Hindi Samiti, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi for about 4 years. 6. Secretary, SAC, Transportation Engg. Section, Deptt of Civil Engg., University of Roorkee, Roorkee.(1998-2004). 7. Member, Rural Roads Committee, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi. (1999 onwards) 8. O.C.Central Facilities at Civil Engineering Department, UOR 1998-2002. 9. O.C.Purchase at Civil Engineering Department, UOR 2000-2002. 10. Staff Advisor, Yoga, IIT Roorkee (UOR), 1999-2009. 11. Member, UOR Convocation Function related Committees, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. 12. Convener, National Seminar on “Reforms in Technical Education” organised at University of Roorkee, Roorkee, March 26-27, 2001. 13. Warden, Ravindra Bhawan (IV Year Students Hostel) 2001 -2004 14. Session Coordinator, 2nd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Roorkee Dec12-14, 2002. 15. Co-convener, Session Coordination Committee, International Geotechnical Conference, IIT Roorkee, Dec17-19, 2003. 16. Member, Hindi Implementation Committee, IIT Roorkee, 2001-2003. 17. Member, Rural Road Planning Committee of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), Delhi. 18. Coordinator, State Technical Agency, (IITR) of PMGSY for Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal 2001 onwards 19. Coordinator, Principal Technical Agency, (IITR) of PMGSY for Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, 2002 onwards 20. Member, Six Member National Executive Committee of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), 2003 onwards. 21. Member, IITR Senate, Jan 2004 to Dec 2005 & 2007 onwards 22. Associate Manager & Treasurer, Adarsh Bal Niketan Senior Secondry School, IITR, 2003-2006. 23. Member, Research Council, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna at national level, 2003 onwards 24. Staff Advisor, Cognizance (Tech Fest)-2004, Civil Engg Deptt. 25. Member, State Level Standing Committee for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, Uttaranchal, 2004 onwards 26. Manager Adarsh Bal Niketan Senior Secondry School, IITR, 2006 onwards. 27. Nominated Member, DPC, Deptt,. IITR, 2009 onwards

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PUBLICATIONS (i) About 175 Technical Research Papers in Indian and International Journals & Conferences. (ii) Editor of NEWS LETTER of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi for about five years. (iii) Editor of SADAK DARPAN, a Research Journal of Central Road Research Lnstitute, New Delhi for about three years. (iv) Member of Editorial Board, Hindi version of "DOCUMENT ON RURAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA Vol. I & ll published by Central Road Research lnstitute, New Delhi, 1994. (v) Editor, Samvaad, IIT Roorkee News Bulletin (2002 onwards) (vi) Editor, Proceedings of National Seminar on “Reforms in Technical Education” March 26-27, 2001 (vii) Member, Editorial Board, Manthan, IIT Roorkee Research Publication (2003-2006) (viii) Invited Editor, Open Transportation Journal, (International Web Based Transportation Journal)

RESEARCH GUIDANCE M. E./M.Tech.- Fifty Six , Three in progress Ph.D. – Four Awarded, Three in Progress M.Tech. Project-40 B.Tech. Project- Deputy O.C. Project, Full Class 2000-2001

PRODUCTION OF TV/ VIDEO FILM Worked as Script Writer and Technical Consultant for the film on Rural Transportation, produced by Technical Teachers Training Institute Chandigarh.

AWARDS 1. CSIR National Research Prize for 1995-96. 2. Young Teachers’ Career Award of AICTE in April 2000. 3. Outstanding Research Paper (Best) Award of Indian Roads Congress on Paper “Premature Cracking of Flexible Pavements” for the year 1999-2000 of Indian Roads Congress. 4. Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Centenary Award of Indian Roads Congress for year 2000. 5. The Brij Mohan Lal Memorial Award-2001 of The Institution of Engineers (India) for best paper 2002 6. Outstanding Teacher Award (Best Teacher)–2003 of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 7. Best Paper Award of Indian Society for Construction Materials and Structures (ISCMS) for 2002 for the paper “Application of Facility Based Rural Road Network Planning Model”.

4 8. Star Performer for 2003-04 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. 9. Star Performer for 2004-05 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. 10. Commendation Certificate for Outstanding Work by Indian Roads Congress, 2006. 11. BOLT (Best Teacher) Award by Air India and Dainik Jagran, 2006 12. Shiksha Ratan Puraskar by India International Friendship Society , 2007 13. Outstanding Teacher Award (Best Teacher)–2007 of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 14. BOLT (Best Teacher) Award by Air India and Dainik Jagran, 2007 15. Star Performer for 2005-06 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES (i) Indian Roads Congress (Life Member) (ii) The Institution of Engineers (India) (iii) Indian Geotechnical Society (iv) Indian Society for Continuing Engineering Education (v) The Institute of Urban Transport. (vi) Vigyan Bharti

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 1. Facility Based Rural Road Network Design 2. Overlay Design of Flexible Pavements 3. Intelligent Transport System 4. Flexible Pavement Design 5. All or Nothing Method for Route Choice 6. Toll Booth 7. Trip Distribution 8. Incident Management 9. Capacity Restrained Method for Route Choice 10. Traveler Information System 11. GIS Based Rural Road Planning 12. PMGSY 13. Multipath Assignment Technique 14. Advanced Traveller Information System

TRAINING COURSE AS PRINCIPAL COURSE COORDINATOR 1. Organised a Two week Q. I. P. COURSE on “Planning, Design, Construction of Rural Roads” at University of Roorkee, June 15-29, 1999 2. Organised an One week Training Course on “Construction of Roads Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” July 5-11, 2002. 3. Organised a 5 days Training Course on “Roads For World Bank Aided Projects” for PWD Engineer, Jan 7-11, 2003. 4. Organised an One week Training Course on “Roads Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” Jan27-Feb 01, 2003.

5 5. Organised an One week Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” May 26-30, 2003 6. Organised an One week Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” June 9-13, 2003 7. Organised a three days training course on “Construction for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for Executive Engineers of PWD and RES sponsored by NRRDA” Dec 11-13, 2003 8. Organised a Five days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” Dec 23-27, 2003 9. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” Feb 4-6, 2004. 10. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” June1-3, 2004. 11. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” July 1-3, 2004. 12. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” Nov 15- 17, 2004. 13. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” March 21- 23, 2005. 14. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for URRDA Engineers” Aug 4- 6, 2005. 15. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” April 5-7, 2006. 16. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for URRDA Engineers” July 21-23, 2006. 17. Organised a Three days Training Course on “Rural Roads Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for RES Engineers” Sept 14- 16, 2006. 18. Organised a Five days Q. I. P. Course on “Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Rural Roads for PMGSY” Feb 10-14, 2007 19. Organised a Five Days Q.I.P.Course on “Urban Transportation Planning” on June 24-28, 2007. 20. Organised a Five Days Training Course on Rural Roads Construction and Other Works under NABARD for their Officers, at Lucknow on Sept 6-10, 2007 .

6 21. Organised a Five Days Training Course on Rural Roads Construction and Other Works under NABARD for their Officers, at Lucknow on Nov 21-26, 2007 . 22. Organised a Five Days Training Course on Rural Roads Construction and Other Works under NABARD for their Officers, at Lucknow on Sept 2-8, 2008. 23. Organised a Five Day Training Course on Hydraulics and Rural Roads under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act sponsored by Madhya Pradesh Employment Guarantee Council, Bhopal, on Sept 15-19, 2008. 24. Organised a Five Day Training Course on Hydraulics and Rural Roads under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act sponsored by Madhya Pradesh Employment Guarantee Council, Bhopal, on Dec 15-19, 2008. 25. Organised a Five Day Training Course on Hydraulics and Rural Roads under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act sponsored by Madhya Pradesh Employment Guarantee Council, Bhopal, on Jan 5-9, 2009.

About 1000 Field Engineers/Teachers have attended these courses. Apart from this, delivered lectures in various other 30 courses organized by NITHE, NABARD, NRRDA and other organisations.

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ORGANISATION (as Organising Secretary)

1. Seminar on “Technical Reforms in Technical Education” on March 26-27, 2001 sponsored by Govt of India attended by about 110 delegates from different parts of the country including Directors of National Laborataries/ Engineering Colleges.

2. Workshop on Project Formulation and Quality Monitoring under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, on September, 2, 2005, sponsored by National Rural Roads Development Agency, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, attended by 50 delegates including 5 IAS officers, Chief Engineers of Various States, Directors and Professors of various Engineering Colleges.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Rural Road Network Planning Technology developed by me has been published in “Directory of Rural Technologies Part IV, National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad-500 030

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APPENDIX Research Papers Published in National/International Journals

1. Gupta A.K., Jain S. S. and Kumar Praveen, The Effect of External Atmospheric Conditions on Speed of Road- Vehicles, Hindi Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 73, No.2, Aug. 1992 pp. 31 - 34.

2. Gupta, A.K. and Kumar Praveen , Development of Roads and Road Based Traffic in India, Hindi Journal of the Institution of Enginers (India), Vol.74, Sept. 1993 pp. 28-32.

3. Gupta A.K., Khanna S.K. and Kumar Praveen, Route Choice Analysis on an Identified Rural Corridor, Indian Highways, Vol.21, No.11, Nov. 1993, pp.5 -12.

4. Kumar Praveen, Chandra Jagdish, Durai B.K. Rural Road Characteristics-A Case Study of Jaipur District, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, Vol.56, Part I, No. 1 , April 1995, pp. 143-157.

5. Kumar Praveen and Gupta A.K., Technical and Psychological Feasibillity of an Alternate Route, Hindi Journal of The Intitution of Engineers (India), Vol.76, Sept. 1995, pp. 1-5.

6. Dhawan P. K., Mehta H.S. and Kumar Praveen, Rural Road Construction Technology, Sadak Darpan, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, Vol. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 17-22.

7. Soni S.K., Durai B.K., Kumar Praveen and Murty A.V.S.R., Geographical Technology, Sadak Darpan, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, Vol. 1, Jan 1996, pp. 17-22.

8. Murty A.V.S.R. and Kumar Praveen, New Possibilities for Utilization of Waste Materials System-A Technology for Transportatiuon Engineers, Indian Highways, Vol.24, No.2, Feb. 1996, pp. 53-58.

9. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani, Dhawan P.K., and Murty A.V.S.R., Use of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GBFS) in Road Construction, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, Vol.2, Sept. 1996, pp. 27-31.

10. Dhawan P.K. and Kumar Praveen, Road Construction Technique for Black Cotton Soil Area, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, Vol. 2, New Delhi, pp. 7-10

11. Singh D.V., Gupta A.K. and Kumar Praveen, Planing Practices for Rural Roads in India-A Critical Review, Indian Highways, Vol. 25, Feb. 1997 pp. 5-14.

8 12. Murty A.V.S.R., Mathur S. and Kumar Praveen, Use of Steel Plant Slags in Road Construction, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 78, Aug. 1997, pp. 76-79.

13. Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudhir and Murty A.V.S.R., Technology Transfer-Need of Today, Sadak Darpan, Journal of Central Research Institute, New Delhi, Vol.3, Aug. 1997, pp. 11-13.

14. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashok, Pal Anang, Effect of Road Construction on Environment, Sadak Darpan, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, Vol.3, Aug. 1997, pp. 56-60.

15. Kumar Ashok, Chandra Jagdish, Durai B.K., Kumar Praveen, Planning of Rural Roads, - A Case Study of Jaipur District, Indian Highways, IRC, Vol.25, No. 11, Nov. 1997.

16. Gupta A.K., Murty A.V.S.R. and Kumar Praveen, Steel Plant Slag as Road Construction Materials, Journal of Civil Engineering & Construction Review, New Delhi, Vol.10, No. 11, Nov. 1997.

17. Mathur S., Murty A.V.S.R., Sharma V.N. and Kumar Praveen, Application of Steel-Plant By Products to Road Works, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB), No.57, IRC, New Delhi, Dec. 1997, pp. 35-54.

18. Kumar Praveen, Steel Industry Slag as Road Construction Material, Journal of the Indian Engineers, Calcutta, Vol.41, No.2, Feb. 1998, pp. 19-22.

19. Kumar Praveen, Gupta A.K., Singh D.V. and Jain S.S., Facility-Based Optimal Rural Road Network Design, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB), No.58, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, June 1998, pp. 109-135.

20. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani, Dhawan P.K., and Murty A.V.S.R., Performance of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag in Road Construction -A Case Study, Indian Highways, IRC, New Delhi, Vol27, No. 7, July 99, pp. 27-34.

21. Kumar Ashok and Kumar Praveen, User-Friendly Model for Planning Rural Roads, Transportation Research Record, No. 1652, vol 1, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washinton D.C. May 1999, pp 31-39

22. Kumar Praveen, Planning of Rural Roads, Sadak Darpan, Journal of Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, vol 4, Sept,1999, pp 36-39.

23. Sikdar, P.K., Jain S.S., Bose S. and Kumar Praveen, Premature Cracking of Flexible Pavements, IRC Journal (Discussion paper), New Delhi, Vol 60-3, Nov 1999, pp 355-398.

9 24. Kumar Praveen and Kumar Ashwani, Steel Industry Waste Utilization in Road Sector of India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers ( India), Vol 80, Feb 2000, pp182-185.

25. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., Application of Facility-Based Rural Road Network Planning Model, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB) No 62, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2000 pp 103-116.

26. Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Computer Aided Design of Flexible Pavement Overlays, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB) No 62, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2000 pp 49-64.

27. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., Optimal Rural Road Network Planning for Developing Countries, Australian Road Research Bulletin (ARRB), Vol. 9, No.3, September 2000, pp 51-66.

28. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., Utilisation of Non Conventional Materials in Highway Pavements, New Building Materials and Construction World, Vol. 6, Issue-4, October 2000, pp. 13-19.

29. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani and Swami R.K., Construction of Road Using Steel Industry Waste-A Case Study, Indian Highways, IRC, New Delhi, Vol. 29, No. 2, Feb 2001, pp. 21-34.

30. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Singh Pankaj, Need of Intelligent Transport System for India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.82, June 2001, pp63-69.

31 Kumar Ashwani, Kumar Praveen and Murty A.V.S.R., Methodology for Maintenance of Unpaved Roads, Indian Highways, IRC, Vol. 29, No.8, August 2001, pp35-48.

32 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Gogoi Rajib, Effect of Delayed Compaction on Lime-Flyash Soil Mixes, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB) No 66, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2002 pp 51-66.

33 Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Rama Kumar P.E., Computer Software for Incident Management, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB) No 66, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2002 pp 173-188.

34 Chandra Satish, Kumar Praveen and Feyissa Abesha Berhanu, Use of Marble Dust in Road Construction, International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, France, Vol. 3, No. 3/2002 pp 317- 330.

10 35 Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Singh Pankaj, Concept and Application of Intelligent Transport System-A Case Study, Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 30, No. 11, November 2002 pp17-38.

36 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Sreedhar Maruthi, Use of Jute Textile in Road Embankments-A Case Study, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Volume 83, November 2002, pp 201-207.

37 Kumar Praveen, Use of Non-Conventional Materials in Roads- Some Case Studies, Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Review, December 2002, pp 26-34.

38 Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Singh L.N., Lab Study on Use of Steel Industry Slag in Bituminous Mixes, Highway Research Bulletin (HRB) No. 67, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), Dec 2002, pp13-26.

39 Kumar Praveen, Planning of Rural Roads by Need Based Computerised Network Model, Manthan, IIT Roorkee Research Publication (Hindi), Vol 1, 2003, June 2003, pp84-88.,

40 Kumar Praveen, Chandra Satish and Maurya A.K., Computer Application in Marshall Method of Mix Design, Indian Roads Congress, Indian Highways, Vol 31 No. 10, October 2003 pp25-43.

41 Kumar Praveen, Chandra Satish and Singh Varun, Graphical Interface for Rural Road Accessibility Planning, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, Vol 64-1, June 2003, pp133-159.

42 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Karri Sriniwas Rao, Computer Aided Design of Flyash Layers in Highway Embankments, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 32 No. 2, Feb 2004, pp 29-52.

43 Jain S.S., Kumar Praveen and Sharma N.K. Lt. Col., "Correlation between Benkelman Beam Deflection and Portable Falling Weight Deflectometer" Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 32, No.3, March 2004, pp 13-29.

44 Kumar Praveen, Road Construction with Waste Materials, Manthan, IIT Roorkee Research Journal in Hindi, Vol 2, June 2004, pp 71-75.

45 Kumar Praveen, Arora Manoj and Sudhakar Marem, Facility-Based Network Planning of Rural Roads Using GIS, Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 32, No. 7, July 2004, pp 5-22.

46 Kumar Praveen and Sahoo U.C, Use of Global Positioning System (GPS) in Transportation Engineering, Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 32, No. 8, Aug 2004, pp 125-136.

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47 Kumar Praveen and Sahoo Umesh Chandra, Software for Rural Road Planning Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 32, No. 9, Sept 2004, pp 49-59.

48 Kumar Praveen, Agrawal Atul and Kumar Sunil, "Advanced Traveler Information System for Delhi Metro Railway", Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 32, No. 11, Nov 2004, pp21-30.

49 Chandra Satish, Kumar Praveen and Sataya Narayan, "Computer Aided Design of Flexible Pavements", Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 32, No. 12, Dec 2004, pp5-18.

50 Kamel Moustafa Ahmed, Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Behaviour of Subgrade Soil Reinforced with Geogrid, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol 5, Number 4, December 2004, USA, pp 201-210.

51 Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun and Reddy D., GIS Based Advanced Traveler Information System for Hyderabad City, Journal of IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Vol 6, No. 1, March 2005, Washington, USA, pp 26-37.

52 Kumar Praveen and Reddy Dhanunjay and Varun Singh, "Traveler Information System in GIS-A Case Study of Hyderabad City", Indian Highways, IRC, Vol 33, No. 4, April 2005, pp 17-31.

53 Kumar Praveen, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, Mathan, IIT Roorkee Research Bulletin, No. 3, April 2005, pp79-81.

54 Jain S.S., Kumar Praveen and Kumar Mukesh, Effect of Wearing Course on Skid Resistance, Highway Research Bulletin, HRB No. 72, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2005, pp1-12

55 Kamel Moustafa Ahmed, Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Resilient Behaviour of Reinforced Subbase Material, Highway Research Bulletin, HRB No. 72, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), June 2005, pp 13-26.

56 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Kumar Anant, "Economic Analysis of Rural Road Construction Under PMGSY" Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 33, No. 8, August 2005, pp 21-33

57 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Padma T., “Natural Geotextiles in Highway Embankments" Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 33, No. 8, August 2005, pp57-66.

12 58 Kumar Praveen, Agarwal Atul and Yoganand N.S.S., Multi-Modal Advanced Traveler Information System for Delhi Metro, Highway Research Bulletin, HRB No. 73, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), October 2005, pp 209-223.

59 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Rokade Siddhartha, Use of Reinforced Flyash in Highway Embankments, Highway Research Bulletin, HRB No. 73, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), October 2005, pp 1-13.

60 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen, Borapureddy Anil Durga Prasad and Kh. Lakhshman Singh, Relationship between Rheological and Conventional Properties of Bitumen, Highway Research Bulletin, HRB No. 73, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), October 2005, pp 187-208.

61 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C.,Sejla Chandra Narayan, Singh Salendra Pratap, Effect of Randomly Distributed Fibers on Flyash Embankments, Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol 86, Nov 2005, pp113-118.

62 Kamel Moustafa Ahmed, Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Modified AASHTO Method for Design of Geogrid Reinforced Flexible Pavements, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 34, No. 1, Jan 2006, pp 49-54.

63 Kumar Praveen, Intelligent Transport System, Manthan, IIT Roorkee Research Publication (Hindi), Vol 4, 2004, April 2006, pp67-73.

64 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Velicherla Rama Kumar, Investigations on Cost Effective Design of Rural Roads under PMGSY, Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol 87, May 2006, pp48-52.

65 Kumar Praveen, Singh Nalini and Jami T.V.Ramakanth, GIS Based Rural Road Network Planning-A Case Study of Vizianagaram District (AP), ITPI Journal, Vol 3, No. 3, July-Sept, 2006, pp30-39.

66 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Durgarao A.K., "Use of Polythene in Flyash-Soil Embankments", HRB No. 74, Indian Roads Congress, 2006 pp29-38.

67 Kumar Praveen, Chandra Satish and Vishal R., Comparative Study of Different Subbase Materials, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)., USA, July/August 2006, Vol 18, Number 4, pp 576-580.

68 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Sateesh Kumar M., Investigation on Optimal Use of Gravel in Flexible Pavements (Discussion Paper) Journal of Indian Roads Congress (IRC). Vol 67-3. Oct-December-2006, pp 201-207.

13 69 Kumar Praveen and Lal M.K., Computer Aided Design of Rural Roads, Journal of Indian Roads Congress (IRC). Vol 67-3. Oct-December-2006, pp 261-270.

70 Kumar Praveen, Varun Singh and Venkateshwar Avvari, Advanced Traveller Information System for Delhi Metropolitan City, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 35, No. 5, May 2007, pp 39-49.

71 Kumar Praveen and Singh Shalendra Pratap, Reinforced Flyash Sub-bases in Rural Roads, Journal of Indian Roads Congress (IRC). Paper No. 531 (Discussion Paper), Vol 68-1. April-June, 2007, pp 65-75.

72 Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Akisetty Chandra Kiran Kumar, Effect of Mixing and Compacting Temperature on Physical Properties of Bituminous Mixes, Journal of Indian Roads Congress (IRC), Vol 68-1. April-June, 2007, pp 79-89.

73 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Ahmed Matin, A Parametric Study on Shape of Aggregates affecting Surface of Flexible Pavements, HRB No. 77, Indian Roads Congress (IRC), October 2007, pp37-46.

74 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Toshniwal G.R., Effect of Jute Textile in Various Layers of Pavement,. HRB No. 77, Indian Roads Congress(IRC), October 2007, pp55-61.

75 Kumar Praveen and Singh Shalendra Pratap, Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash Sub-bases in Rural Roads, Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol 134, No. 4, April 2008, pp171-180.

76 Kumar Praveen and Reddy Ramanjaney, Study of Reinforced Embankments and Sub-base using Demolition Waste, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Vol 67, May 2008, pp386-391.

77 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Reddy R.D.K., Use of Glass Grid in Pavement Layers, Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol 89, May 2008, pp33-36.

78 Kumar Praveen and Singh Veerendra, Use of Flyash Layer of Pavement, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 36, No. 8, Aug 2008, pp 41-50.

79 Kumar Praveen and Saxena Anukul, Upgradation Planning of Rural Roads in GIS Environment, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 36, No. 10, Oct 2008, pp 13-21.

80 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Singh Veerendra, Fly Ash/Lime-Fly Ash/Lime as Filler in Bituminous Mixes-A Comparative Study, International Journal of Pavements (IJP), Brazil, Vol 6, No. 1-2-3, pp 89-99.

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81 Sinha Abdhesh Kumar, Kumar Praveen and Chandra Satish, Behaviour of Industrial Waste Materials under Cyclic Loading, Highway Research Journal, HRB, Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 1, No2, July-December 2008, pp 21-27.

82 Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun & Avaari Venkat, Intelligent Transport System for Developing Countries, Journal for “World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research”, Switzerland, Vol 2, No. 2/3, 2009, pp 201-217.

83 Kumar Praveen and Sorum N.G., A Comparative Study of Emulsion and Modified Bitumen in Road Construction, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 37, No. 3, March 2009, pp 21-31.

84 Kumar Praveen and Pandey Gaurav, Use of Oil and Phosphates in Soil Stabilization, Indian Highways, Indian Roads Congress, Vol 37, No. 5, May 2009, pp 25-30.

85 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C.& Singh Lakshman, Effect of Mixing of SBS, EVA and Crumb Rubber on Properties of Bituminous Binders, Highway Research Journal, HRB, Indian Roads Congress, Vol. 2, No1, January-June 2009, pp 11-40.

86 Kumar Praveen and Chandra Nikesh, Laboratory Studies of Skid Resistance and Rutting of Low Cost Bituminous Wearing Courses, accepted for publication in Indian Highways, IRC.

87 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Singh K.Lakshman, Rheological Properties of Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen-A Lab Study, accepted for the Journal of CSIR

88 Kumar Praveen, Garg Rashi, Rheology of Waste Plastic Fibre Modified Bitumen, accepted for publication by IJPE

89 Kumar Praveen and Patel Vishal, Effect of Various Parameters on Performance of PMGSY Roads, accepted for publication by IE.

90 Kumar Praveen , Mehndiratta H.C. and Immadi Satish, Investigation on Fiber Modified Bituminous Mixes-An Experimental Study in India, accepted for TRB Journal

91 Kumar Praveen and Gupta Manoj (Lt. Col.) ,”Effect of Modifiers on Physical Properties and Rheology of Bitumen”, Technical Journal, Border Roads Organisation. (Accepted)

92 Kumar Praveen and Kumar Ranjeet, Software Development for Multipath Route Assignment Technique, sent to IRC.

15 93 Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Singh K.Lakshman, Comparative Study of Rheological Behaviour of Modified Binders, sent to ASCE.

94 Kumar Praveen, Chandra Satish and Sajid M.D.A., Performance Study of PMGSY Roads, sent to IRC.

95 Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, Implementation of Data Tier in Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS), sent to IRC.

96 Kumar Praveen and Garg Rashi, Laboratory Studies on Waste Plastic Fibre Modified Bitumen, sent to IRC.

97 Kumar Praveen and Garg Rashi, Utilization of Waste Plastic Fibre in Modified Bitumen, sent to ARRB

98 Singh Varun and Kumar Praveen, Web Based Dynamic Advanced Traveler System for Developing Countries sent to ASCE

99 Kumar Praveen and Vaska Renu, Software for Trip Distribution using Gravity Method., sent to ITPI Journal

100 Kumar Praveen and Suman Sanjeev, ITS Technologies for Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS), sent to IRC.

101 Kumar Praveen and Vishal Sharma (Maj), Influence of Cement-Fiber-Flyash Mixture Addition on Subgrade and Subbase Materials, sent to IRC

102 Kumar Praveen, Maurya M.R. & Gupta Manoj,” Lab Study on Chemical Behaviour of Modified Binders”, ASCE. (Communicated)

103 Kumar Praveen, Maurya M.R. & Gupta Manoj,” Lab Study on Chemical and Rheological Changes in Modified Binders”, IRC (Communicated).

104 Kumar Praveen, Rastogi Rajat, Gupta Ankit and Jain Akash, Land-Uses and Activity- Based Traffic Forecasting Model, IRC (Communicated).

105 Kumar Praveen, Suman Sanjeev and Meena Rishi Kesh, Advanced Traveller Information System for Historical Cities, IRC (Communicated).

106 Kumar Praveen, Garg R.D., Durai B.K. and Subramanyam A.S., Upgradation Planning of Rural Roads Using GIS and GPS, IRC (Communicated).

16 Papers Published in Important Conferences/ Seminars/Magazines

1. Gupta A.K., Jain S.S. and Kumar Praveen, Traffic Flow Behaviour on Single Lane and Double Lane Intercity Roads on an Identified Route, 71st Annual Conference, The Institution of Engineers (India), Nov. 1991, pp. 21-25.

2. Parasher, B.L. and Kumar Praveen, Road Construction Materials Developed by Central Road Research Institute, Technical Conference on New Technologies, Pilani (Raj.), Sept. 1994, pp. 34.

3. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashok, Chandra Jagdish, Gupta A.K., Need and Impact of Rural Roads, International Conference on Roads and Road Transport (ICORT- 95), New Delhi organised by University of Roorkee, Dec. 95, pp. 1493-1500.

4. Kumar Ashok, Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudhir, and Murty A.V.S.R., Standards for Design of Rural Roads, International Conference on Roads and Road Transport (ICORT-95), New Delhi, organised by University of Roorkee, Dec. 95, pp. 1501-1508.

5. Kumar Praveen and Murty A.V.S.R., Research and Marketing View, National Seminar on Research Achievements, 29-31 Aug., 1996, pp. 59-60.

6. Parashar B.L. and Kumar Praveen, Road Research and Construction Technology, National Seminar on Research Achievements, 29-31 Aug.1996, pp. 69-70.

7. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashok and Gupta A.K., Planning Strategies for Rural Roads, Seminar on Perspective Planning for Road Development in India, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, 7-8 Oct., 1996, pp. 163-167.

8. Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudhir and Murty A.V.S.R., Use of Steel Slags in Road Construction, National Seminar on Environment, Pune, 10-12 Dec., pp. 54-55.

9. Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudhir and Murty A.V.S.R., Use of New Road Construction Technologies, National Seminar on Modern Technologies and Rural Development, NISTAD, New Delhi, 27-29, March, 1997, pp. 54-55.

10. Kumar Praveen, Swami, R.K., Kumar Ashwani and Murty, A.V.S.R., Use of Marginal Materials in Road Construction, National Seminar on Environment Pollution, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, 15 Sept., 1997, pp. 1B(4)/1-3.

11. Mathur Sudhir, Kumar Praveen and Murty A.V.S.R., Steel Industry Wastes as New Materials for Road Construction, Fourth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, USA, 8-15 March, 1998, pp. 9.03/1-4.

17 12. Mathur S., Kumar Praveen, Swami, R.K., and Murty A.V.S.R., Structural Evaluation of Slag Mixes for Road Pavements, Indian Geotechnical Conference 1997, Baroda, Nov., 1997. pp. 411-413.

13. Kumar Praveen, Murty A.V.S.R. and Gupta A.K., Home Made Technologies in Reverse Direction, National Conference on Liberalization, Lucknow, No. 97, pp.27.

14. Jain S.S., Kumar Praveen, Application of Intelligent Transport System in India, proc. of International Seminar on Highway Management & Safety Devices, IRC, New Delhi, Nov. 6-7, 1998.

15. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Singh D.V., Facility Based Rural Road Transportation Planning, Seminar on "Road Transportation-Issues and Strategies (RTIS 98), Patiala, October 23-24, 1998.

16. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Kumar Ashwani, Use of Steel Industry Waste in Road Construction, Technical Session, 78th AGM, U.P. State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (Lucknow), Nov. 1998.

17. Kumar Praveen, Chandra D. and Murty A.V.S.R., Steel Industry Slag-Waste or Gold for Road Construction, proc. of International Symposium on Beneficiation, Agglomeration and Environment (ISBAN-99), Bhubneshwar, Jan. 20-22, 1999, pp. 298-305.

18. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S., A Network Approach to Rural Road Planning, proc, of South Asian Countries Conference on Challenges to Architects and Civil Engineers, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 7-9, 1999, pp. 1290-1305.

19. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani and Jain S.S., Use of Non Conventional Materials in Road Construction, proc. of National Seminar on User & Environment Friendly Construction Technology and Methods, Nainital, May 14- 15, 1999.

20. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S., Equipments for Pavement Condition Assessment, Proc. of “International Seminar on Highway Rehabilitation and Maintenance” organised by IRC, New Delhi, Nov. 12-13, 1999.

21. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani, Mathur Sudhir, Utilization of Industrial Solid wastes in Road Construction, International Conference on “ Environmental Challenges for the New Millenium ( ECNM99), organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Nov. 25-27,1999.

22. Jain S.S., Kumar Praveen, Traffic Control of Inter-state Highway Corridors using Intelligent Transport System Technique, Proc of All India Seminar on “

18 Development of Inter-state Highway Corridors in India” organised by American Society of Civil Engineers- India Section, Calcutta, Dec 3-4, 1999.

23. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S., and Parida M., Non-Motorised Transport, 79th Annual Technical Volume published by The Institution of Engineers (India), UP Sate Centre, Lucknow, Dec.24-25, 1999.

24. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., “Utilisation of Non Conventional Materials in Road Construction”, Proc of Second Asia Pacific Conference & Exhibition on Transportation and the Environment, Beijing, P.R.China, April 11-13,2000.

25. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S.Jain and Parida M., “Future of Non-Motorised Transport in Developing Countries” Proc of CODATU Conference, Mexico, April,2000.

26. Kumar Praveen, Kumar Ashwani and Swami R.K., Utilization of Industrial Solid Wastes in Road Construction, proc of National Conference on Commercialization Aspects of Renewable Energy Sources, Udaipur, April 28-29, 2000.

27. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., Incident Management Using Intelligent Transport System, Seminar on “Financing, Implementation and Operation of Highways in 21st Century, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, Sept. 24-25, 2000, pp III 1-10.

28. Kumar Praveen, Flyash Utilisation in Road Embankment of Indo-Japan Friendship Bridge, 80th Annual Technical Session, Lucknow, UP State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (India), December 23, 2000 pp49-55.

29. Kumar Praveen and Jain S.S., Planning of Rural Road Network-An Engineering Approach, 80th Annual Technical Session, Lucknow, UP State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (India), December 23, 2000 pp 56-63.

30. Kumar Praveen, Jain S.S. and Singh D.V., Computer Aided Design of Rural Road Networks, Proc. of seminar on “National Connectivity Vision: Surface Transportation & Communication” Jan 19-20, 2001, Secundrabad (AP).

31. Chandra S., Kumar Praveen and Abesha Berhanu, Effect of Filler on Properties of Bituminous Mixes, Proc. of seminar on Challenges for Road Transportation in 21st Century leading to Fuel Economy (CERT-2001), Patiala, Feb 23-24, 2001, pp38-44.

32. Hardas M.K., Jalla Raj and Kumar Praveen, Education, Employment and Information Technology in Current Scenario, Proc. of Seminar on Reforms in Technical Education, UOR, Roorkee, March 26-27, 2001, pp91-93.

33. Kumar Praveen and Chandra Satish, Accessibility Planning for Sustainable Development of Uttaranchal, Proc. of All India Seminar on Infrastructure

19 Development in Uttaranchal, Problems and Prospects, The Institution of Engineers (I), Roorkee, October 11-13, 2001, ppIII34-44.

34. Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudhir, Kumar Ashwani and Swami R.K., Appropriate Technology for Use of Local Resources in Road Construction, Proc. of International Seminar on Sustainable Development in Road Transport, Organised by Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi (India)and PIARC, Paris(France), Nov 8- 10, 2001, ppI295-305.

35. Kumar Praveen, Mathur Sudir, Kumar Ashwani and Swami R.K., New Materials for Road Construction, Proc. of National Conference “Advances in Construction Materials, Organised by R.E.C.Hamirpur, dt April 8-9, 2002, pp44-52.

36. Chandra Satish, Kumar Praveen and Moustafa Ahmed Kamel, Geosysnthetics in Highway and Airport Construction,, Proc. of National Conference “Advances in Construction Materials, Organised by R.E.C.Hamirpur, dt April 8-9, 2002, pp175- 180.

37. Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Engineering Properties of Bituminous Concrete with Marble Dust, Proc of 4th International Conference on Road & Air Field Pavement Technology, Kunming, Yunnan Province, P.R.China, April 23- 25, 2002, pp1009-1016.

38. Kumar Praveen and Reddy Dhanunjay, “Intelligent Transport System-A Tool for Traffic Engineering”, proc of National Seminar on Road Transport in India: Emerging Trends & Techniques ROTRAN 2002, IIT Kharagpur, September 12- 13, 2002.

39. Kumar Praveen and Reddy Dhanunjay, Intelligent Transport System, 82nd Technical Session, The Instution of Engineers, UP State Centre, Lucknow October 26, 2002.

40. Kumar Praveen, Reddy D. and Singh Varun, Intelligent Transport System Using GIS, Paper No. 164, Proceedings of Map India 2003, 6th Annual International Conference, Delhi, Jan 28-31, 2003, pp1-11.

41. Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Sreedhar M.V.Maruthi, Studies on Durability of Jute Geo Textiles in Embankments, Proc of Applications of Jute Textiles & Innovative Jute Products, New Delhi, Aug 25-26, 2003, pp 101-112

42. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun and Reddy D., GIS Based Advanced Traveler Information System for Hyderabad City, Proc of International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shanghai, China, October 12-16, 2003.

43. Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Padma T., "Use of Natural Geotextiles in Highway Embankments-A Lab Study", Indian Geotechnical Conference on

20 Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructural Development, Roorkee, Dec 18-20, 2003.

44. Kamel M.A., Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen., "Optimum Position of Geogrid Reinforcement in Soil Subgrade", Indian Geotechnical Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructural Development, Roorkee, Dec 18-20, 2003.

45. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun, Singh Tarun, ‘Role of GIS Based Intelligent Transpotation System in India’, 7th International Map India Conference on GIS, GPS and RS, New Delhi, Jan 28-30, 2004.

46. Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, ‘Intelligent Transport System for India’, National Seminar on Stratergies in Traffic Engineering and Management, STEM- 04, Banglore, Feb 16-17, 2004.

47. Kumar Praveen Arora Manoj and Bains N.S. Maj, , ‘Software for Trip Assignment Analysis using Capacity Restrained Method’, National Seminar on Strategies in Traffic Engineering and Management, STEM-04, Banglore, Feb 16- 17, 2004.

48. Kumar Praveen Chandra Satish, Singh Varun, Singh Tarun, A Software for Rural Road Accessibility Planning, International Conference on Transportation Systems Planning and Operation (TRANSPO2004), Feb 18-20, 2004, IIT Chennai.

49. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun and Singh Tarun, ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems for Road Transportation in Developing Countries”, Proc of 8th AATT Conference, Beijing, China. May 26-28, 2004.

50. Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C., Durga Rao A.K., Use of Polythene in Flyash- Soil Embankments, Proc of National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering NSAGE-2004, Banglore, July 22-23, 2004.

51. Kumar Praveen and Singh Shailendra Pratap, Use of Reinforced Flyash in Road Sub bases Proc of National Conference on Materials and their Application in Civil Engineering (MACE-2004), NIT, Hamirpur, August 26-27, 2004 pp 137-139.

52. Singh Varun, Singh Tarun, Langan David and Kumar Praveen, A Framework for Internet GIS based Computerised Visitors Information System for Theme Parks, Proc of 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Washington D.C. USA, October 3-6, 2004.

53. Kumar Praveen and Chattaraj Ujjal, Software for Route Assignment by Multi- Path Technique, TRRIFICON 04, National Conference on Traffic Engineering & Road safety in India, Problems and Prospects,, Banglore, Nov 26-27, 2004.

21 54. Kamel Moustafa Ahmad, Chandra Satish, Kumar Praveen, Economics of Geogrid Reinforced Flexible Pavement, Proc of InternationalConference on Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ICGGE-2004), IIT Bombay, Dec 8-10, 2004, pp 325-330.

55. Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Rokade Siddhartha, Use of Reinforced Flyash in Highways, accepted for International Conference on Structural and Road Transportation Engineering (START), IIT Kharagpur, Jan 3-5, 2005.

56. Mehndiratta, H.C., Kumar Praveen and Singh Lakshman Kh., Laboratory Study on Rheological and Conventional Properties of Modified Bitumen, ART-2005, National Conference on Advances in Road Transportation, NIT, Rourkela, Feb 12-13, 2005, pp 526-536

57. Kumar Praveen and Singh Shalendra Pratap, Reinforced Flyash in Road Subbases, ART-2005, National Conference on Advances in Road Transportation, NIT, Rourkela, Feb 12-13, 2005, pp497-501

58. Singh Shalendra Pratap and Kumar Praveen, Utilization of Reinforced Fly Ash in Road Transport Sector, Proc of Seminar Prithvi-2005, Global Eco Meet, Thiruvanathpuram, Kerala, Feb 19-28, 2005.

59. Mehndiratta H.C., Kumar Praveen and Kh. Lakhsman Singh, Influence on Rheological Properties of Modified Bitumen at Higher Temperatures, 2005 International Symposium on Pavement Recycling, Brazil, March 14-16, 2005.

60. Kamel Moustafa Ahmed, Chandra Satish and Kumar Praveen, Deformation Characteristics of Geogrid-Reinforced Base Material Under Repeated Loading, 5TH ICPT, Seoul, Korea, May 10-12, 2005.

61. Kumar Praveen, Use of Steel Industry Byproducts in Road Construction, Fourth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK, Aug 18-19, 2005.

62. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun and Singh Tarun, Intelligent Transport Systems for Road Infrastructure in India: Present & Future, 7th Asia –Pacific ITS Forum and Exhibition, New Delhi, Aug 9-11, 2005.

63. Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, Scope of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proc. of Seminar on High Speed Corridors, organized by Indian Roads Congress (IRC), New Delhi, Sept 23-24, 2005, pp 185-192.

64. Singh Shalendra Pratap, Kumar Praveen, Utilisation of Fibre Reinforced Flyash in Road Subbases, Proc of International Congress on Flyash, Organised by TIFAC, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Dec 4-7, 2005.

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65. Singh Varun, Kumar Praveen and Kotzinos Dimris, A Framework for Web GIS Based Computerized Traveler Information and Decision Support System for Metropolitan Cities in India, Proc of MAP INDIA-2006, International Conference at New Delhi, Jan 30 .-Feb 1, 2006.

66. Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, Emergence of Intelligent Transport Systems in India: Some Research Initiatives, Indo- Australian Conference on Information Technology in Civil Engineering (IAC-ITCE), organized by Australian High commission and IIT Roorkee, Feb 20-21, 2006.

67. Singh Kh. Lakshman, Mehndiratta H.C. and Kumar Praveen, Rheological Behaviour of Polymer Modified Bitumens, Indo- Auatralian Conference on Information Technology in Civil Engineering (IAC-ITCE), organized by Australian High Commission and IIT Roorkee, Feb 20-21, 2006.

68. Kumar Praveen, Chandra Satish and Sinha A.K., Use of Locally Available Materials in Sub-bases, Proc. of International Seminar on “Innovations in Construction and Maintenance of Flexible Pavements, Agra, Indian Roads Congress, Sept 2-4, 2006.

69. Kumar Praveen, Singh Nalini and Jami Ramakanth T.V., GIS Based Rural Road Network Planning, Proc. of National Conference on Civil Engineering: Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow (CEMCT-2006)., Ludhiana, Nov 24-25, 2006.

70. Kumar Praveen and Lal M.K., Design of PMGSY Roads, Proc. of National seminar on Roads 2007, Belgaum, (Karnataka), March 1 &2, 2007.

71. Kumar Praveen, Mehndiratta H.C. and Singh Lakshman Kh., Rheological Properties of Modified Bitumens at High Temperatures, ROAD 07, National Conference on Trends in Road Making Materials, Methods & Machines-for Quality, Economy and Speed, Bhopal, April 21-24, 2007.

72. Kumar Praveen, Use of Local Materials in Rural Road Pavements, National Conference on Rural Roads, National Rural Roads Development Agency, May 22-24, 2007, pp123-131.

73. Kumar Praveen, Reinforced Flyash in Highway Embankments of India, Grameen Sampark, Special Issue for National Conference on Rural Roads, National Rural Roads Development Agency, May 22-24, 2007, pp 30-37.

74. Kumar Praveen and T.V.Ramakanth Jami, GIS Based Rural Road Connectivity Planning to Discourage Migration, World Congress 2007 on Urban Infrastructure in Developing Countries, organised by World Federation of Engineering Organisations & The Institution of Engineers (India), New Delhi, Nov 13-14, 2007, pp II 55-61.

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75. Kumar Praveen, Disposal of Solid Wastes in Road Construction, Seminar on urbanization in the Present Global Scenario, organized by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), India Section, Kolkata, Dec 7-8, 2007.

76. Kumar Praveen, .Lal M.K. and Patel. Vishal, Computerised Design of Roads for PMGSY” National Conference on Emerging Technologies in Civil Engineering (NCETCE-2008), Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Feb 28-29, 2008, pp266-276.

77. Kumar Praveen, Deepti Avirneni and Gupta Ankit, Effect of Various Parameters over Cost of Rural Roads, National Conference on Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering (IDCE-2008), Hamirpur, May 16-17, 2008.

78. Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, Advanced Traveler Information System for Developing Countries, 23rd ARRB Conference Adelaide, Australia, July 2008.

79. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun & Suman Sanjeev, Traveller Information System for Mixed Traffic in India, International Workshop on Best Practices to Relieve Congestion on Mixed-Traffic Urban Streets in Developing Countries, IIT Madras, September 12-14, 2008, pp53-61.

80. Kumar Praveen and Singh Varun, Advanced Traveller Information System for Metropolitan Cities in India, 8th International Workshop on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC 2008), organised by IIT Bombay, Mumbai Dec 3 – 6, 2008.

81. Gupta Ankit, Rastogi Rajat and Kumar Praveen, Flexible Pavement Performance Models: A Review, 8th International Workshop on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC 2008), organised by IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Dec 3 – 6, 2008.

82. Kumar Praveen , Mehndiratta H.C. and Immadi Satish, Investigation on Fiber Modified Bituminous Mixes-An Experimental Study in India, TRB Annual 88th Conference, Washington D.C. USA, Jan 11-15, 2009, pp1-19.

83. Kumar Praveen, Use of Local Materials, in Rural Roads Construction, Grameen Sampark, PMGSY Magazine, New Delhi, 2009, pp 10-19.

84. Kumar Praveen and Gupta Pankaj, Use of Waste Plastics in Bituminous Layer of Pavement (Key Note Paper), International Conference on Pavement Engineering, Bhubaneswar , Feb14-15, 2009, pp 85-94.

85. Kumar Praveen and Lakshman Kotkar Kishor, Effect of Non-Stirring on Behaviour of CRMB, International Conference on Pavement Engineering, Bhubaneswar , Feb14-15, 2009, pp 66-70.

24 86. Gupta Ankit, Kumar Praveen and Rastogi Rajat, Overview of Flexible Pavement Performance Models: An Indian Experience, International Conference on Pavement Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Feb14-15, 2009, pp14-29.

87. Jain Mukesh Kumar, Ankit Gupta and Kumar Praveen, Comparison of Long Term and Short Term Ageing Effect on Bitumen, Symposium on research in Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, March 5-6, 2009, pp 183-184.

88. Kumar Praveen and Sajid M.D.A., Asset Management of Rural Roads-Need & Present Status, National Workshop on Asset Management, organized by NRRDA at Hyderabad, April 28-29, 2009.

89. Kumar Praveen and Gupta Ankit, Provision of Rigid, Semi Rigid and Flexible Pavements as Rural Roads, National Conference on Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure Development SCID-2009, Jaipur, May 19-20, 2009 pp 315-323.

90. Kumar Praveen, Rastogi Rajat and Jain Akash, Land-Uses and Activity Based Traffic Forecasting Model for Rural Roads of India, Proc. of The Fourteenth International Conference of the Hon Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Dec 10-12, 2009 (Abstract accepted)

91. Kumar Praveen and Gupta Ankit, “Case Studies on Failure of Bituminous Pavements" sent to to International Conference on Pavement Preservation.

92. Gupta Ankit, Kumar Praveen and Rastogi Rajat, Review of Finite Element Based Studies in Flexible Pavement Performance Analysis, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Conference-Innovation Without Limits (CEC-09), Hamirpr, 18th - 19th September’ 2009

93. Kumar Praveen and Suman Sanjeev, Public Transportation Systems with ITS Technologies, Proceedings of Civil Engineering Conference-Innovation Without Limits (CEC-09), Hamirpr, 18th - 19th September’ 2009

94. Kumar Praveen, Singh Varun and Suman Sanjeev Web Based Dynamic Advanced Traveler System for Developing Countries sent to 89th Annual Conference, TRB, Washington D.C., USA, Jan 10-14, 2010 , paper no. 10- 1451 (Communicated)

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ANNEXURE-III DETAILS OF THESES SUPERVISED

(A) POST GRADUATE LEVEL S TITLE OF THESIS YEAR NAME OF Co- N AWARDED STUDENT SUPERVISOR 1. Maintenance Manage System 1994 Mr Naseem Ahmed Dr Ashok Kumar for Rural Roads 2. Computer Aided Design of 1999 Mr Raveendra Kumar Dr Satish Chandra Flexible Pavement Overlays 3. Laboratory Studies for Use 2000 Mr Lalit Narayan Dr S.S.Jain Steel Industry Waste in Singh Bituminous Layer of Pavement 4. Development of an Approach 2000 Mr Pankaj Singh Dr S.S.Jain for Intelligent transport System for Urban Areas 5. Effect of Delayed Compaction 2000 Mr Rajib Gogoi Dr H.C. on Lime-Flyash-Soil Mixes Mehndiratta 6. Loadman and Benkelman 2000 Lt.Col.N.K.Sharma Dr S.S.Jain Beam Deflection Studies on Identified Road Sections 7. Design of Highway 2001 Mr Karri Sriniwas Dr H.C. Embankments using Flyash in Rao Mehndiratta Alternate Layers 8. Parametric Studies on Flexible 2001 Mr M.V.Maruthi Dr H.C. Pavement Reinforced with Jute Sreedhar Mehndiratta 9. Strength Characteristics of 2001 Mr Berhanu Abesha Dr Satish Chandra Bituminous Concrete with Feyissa different types of Filler 10. Development of Relationship 2001 Mr Mukesh Kumar Dr S.S.Jain Between Skid Resistance and Pavement Materials 11. Incident management Using 2001 Mr Poosarla Eswar Dr S.S.Jain Intelligent Transport System Rama Kumar 12. Facility Based Network 2001 Mr Marem sudhakar Dr Manoj Arora Planning of Rural Roads Using GIS 13. Computer Aided Design of 2001 Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Dr Satish Chandra Bituminous Mixes for Maurya Pavements 14. Development of Software for 2002 Maj. N.S.Bains Dr Manoj Arora trip Assignment in Urban Areas

26 15. A Parametric Study on 2002 Mr. Siddhartha Dr H.C. reinforced Flyash in Highway Rokade Mehndiratta Embankments 16. A Comparative Study on 2002 Miss Telukuntla Dr H.C. Flexible Pavements Reinforced Padma Mehndiratta with Coir/synthetic Geotextiles 17. Computer Aided design of 2002 Mr Sataya Narayain Dr Satish Chandra Pavement Based on IRC: 37- 2001 18. Development of Graphical 2002 Mr Varun Singh Dr Satish Chandra Interface for Rural Road Accessibility Planning 19. Development of Intelligent 2002 Mr Dhanunjay Reddy - Transport System in GIS Environment 20. Development of a Software for 2002 Mr Umesh Chandra Rural Road Connectivity under Sahoo - PMGSY 21. An Analytical Study on Effect 2003 Mr Anant Kumar Dr H.C. of Regional variations on Cost Mehndiratta of Rural Roads under PMGSY 22. A Study on Plastic Sheet 2003 Mr A.K.Durgarao Dr H.C. Reinforced Flyash Mehndiratta Embankments 23. Resilience Modulus of 2003 Mr K.Sriniwas Rao Dr Satish Chandra Reinforced Subgrade Soils 24. Development of Software for 2003 Mr. Ujjal Chatraj Dr Satish Chandra Route Assignment using Multipath Technique 25. Intelligent transport System for 2003 Mr Sunil Kumar - Delhi Metro Railway 26. Effect of Randomly 2004 Mr Sejla Chandra Dr H.C. Distributed Fibers on Fly Ash Narayan Mehndiratta Embankments 27. Comparative Study on 2004 Mr R.Vishal Dr Satish Chandra Different Subbase Materials 28. Multi modal Advanced 2004 Mr K.N.S.S. Mr Atul Agrawal Travelers’ Information System Yoganand for Delhi Metro 29. Effect of Mixing and 2004 Mr Chandra Kiran Dr H.C. Compacting Temperature on Kumar Akisetty Mehndiratta Physical Properties of Bituminous Mixes 30. Investigations on Cost 2004 Mr Ramaa Kumar Dr H.C. Effective Design of Roads Velicherla Mehndiratta under PMGSY

27 31. Relationship between 2004 Mr Anil Durga Dr H.C. Rheological and Conventional Prasad B. Mehndiratta Properties of Bitumen 32. Use of Fly Ash as Filler in 2005 Mr Virendra Singh Dr H.C. Bituminous Mixes Mehndiratta 33. Advanced Traveler 2005 Mr A Venkateswarlu - Information System for a Metropolitan City 34. Investigation on Optimal Use 2005 Mr Sateesh Kumar Dr H.C. of Gravel in Flexible M. Mehndiratta Pavements 35. Rural Infrastructure Planning 2005 Mr T.V.Ramakanth Prof Nalini Singh with Emphasis on Road Jami Networks 36. Software for Pradhan Mantri 2005 Mr Mahendra Kumar - Gram Sadak Yojna Lal 37. Planning of Rural Roads in 2006 Mr Anukul Saxena - GIS Environment 38. Use of Glass Grid in Pavement 2006 Mr R.Dilip Kumar Dr H.C. Layers Reddy Mehndiratta 39. A Parametric Study on Shape 2006 Mr Matin Ahmed Dr H.C. of Aggregates Affecting Mehndiratta Bituminous Surface of Flexible Pavements 40. Investigation on Fibre 2006 Mr Satish Immadi Dr H.C. Modified Bituminous Mixes Mehndiratta 41. Effect of Jute Textile in 2006 Mr G.R.Toshniwal Dr H.C. Various Layers of Pavement Mehndiratta 42. Software Development for 2006 Mr Ranjeet Kumar - Multipath Route Assignment Technique 43. Development of Software for 2006 Miss Renu Vaska - Trip Distribution using gravity Method 44. A Comparative Study of 2007 Mr N.G.Sorum - Emulsion and Modified Bitumen in Road Construction 45. Use of Waste Plastic in 2007 Mr Pankaj Gupta - Bituminous Layer of Pavement 46. Performance Study of PMGSY 2007 Mr M.D.A.Sajid Dr Satish Chandra Roads 47. Investigation of Reinforced 2007 Mr M.Ramanjaneya - Embankments Reddy 48. Behaviour of Granular Materials 2007 Mr S.R.Rajendra Dr Satish Chandra Under Cycling Loading Nimani

28 49. Software for Online Monitoring 2007 Mr Gajendra Kumar - of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Varshney Yojna 50. Rheology of Waste Plastic Fiber 2008 Miss Rashi Garg - Modified Bitumen 51. Effect of Various Parameters on 2008 Mr Patel Vishal P. - Performance of PMGSY Roads 52. Laboratory Study of Low Cost 2008 Mr Nikesh Chandra - Bituminous Wearing Courses 53. Land-uses and activity-based 2009 Mr Akash Jain Dr Rajat Rastogi traffic forecasting model 54. Planning of Rural Roads using 2009 Mr A.S.Subramanyam Dr R.D.Garg GIS and GPS Dr B Kanagadurai 55. Lab study on Chemical and 2009 Lt. Col. Manoj Gupta Dr M.R.Maurya Rheological Changes in Modified Bitumens 56. Development of ITS using GPS 2009 Mr Rishi Kesh Meena - 57. Laboratory Study on Permeability In Progress Mr Akhil Bhutani - of Different Sub-base and Base Courses 58. Laboratory Study on Equivalency In Progress Mr Shashi Kant Sharma - Factors for different Sub-base and base Courses 59. Laboratory Study on Moisture In Progress Mr Maj Praveen Anand - Susceptibility of Various Bituminous Courses 60.

(B) DOCTORAL LEVEL

S TITLE OF THESIS YEAR NAME OF Co- N AWARDED STUDENT SUPERVISOR 1. Development of Design 2005 Mr Moustafa Ahmed Dr Satish Chandra Procedure for Reinforced Kamel Abdel Ghaffar Flexible Pavement 2. Rheological Behaviour of 2006 Mr K.Lakshman Prof Bituminous Binders Singh H.C.Mehndiratta 3. Reinforced Flyash in Highway 2007 Mr Shailendra Pratap - Embankments Singh 4. Methodology for Advanced 2007 Mr Varun Singh - Traveller information System for Developing Countries 5. Study of Sub-base Materials in In progress Mr Abdhesh Kumar Dr Satish Chandra Rural Roads Sinha

29 6. Performance of PMGSY In progress Mr Ankit Gupta Dr Rajat Rastogi Roads under Varying Environmental and Traffic Conditions 7. Multi Modal Intelligent In progress Mr Sanjeev Suman - Transport System Using GIS

30 BRIEF BIO-DATA OF DR PRAVEEN KUMAR Dr Praveen Kumar is Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He obtained his B.E. degree from M.R.Engg. College, Jaipur (now NIT), M.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). He has served the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi for six years as a Scientist in Soil Stabilization and Rural Roads Division. He has wide experience of test track construction using waste materials in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Delhi. His areas of specialization are Waste Material Utilization in Low Cost Roads, Rural Roads Network Planning, Pavement Performance Studies and Intelligent Transport System. Dr Praveen Kumar has published more than 160 research papers in National and International Journals and Conferences. He has completed about 100 sponsored and consultancy projects. He has developed the Rural Roads Master Plans of various districts in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh based on Optimal Rural Road Network Planning. He has edited CRRI Research Journal “Sadak Darpan” for about Six Years. He is member of Editorial Board of Samvaad, Manthan and Annual Report of IIT Roorkee. He has won CSIR National Prize for the year 1995-96. He was awarded the Outstanding Research Paper Award by Indian Roads Congress for year 1999-2000. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has given him the prestigious “Young Teachers’ Career Award” for R & D work on Low Cost Roads. He is also a recipient of the highest award of Indian Roads Congress –Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Award-2000. The Institution of Engineers (India) has given him the Best Paper Award for 2000. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has given him Outstanding Teacher Award for 2003. Besides Best Paper award of ISCMS-2002, he has been adjudged as Star Performer for overall Performance by IIT Roorkee in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Air India has given him BOLT (Best Teacher Award) in 2006. He was again honoured by IIT Roorkee in 2007 by Outstanding Teacher Award. Till now, he is the only Engineering Teacher of IIT Roorkee, getting this award twice. Dr Praveen Kumar is a part of Six Member National Executive Committee of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) looking after the Mega Yojna at National Level. He is Coordinator of Principal Technical Agency and State Technical Agency for PMGSY. He has organized 25 training courses at IITR to train about 1000 field engineers of UP and Uttaranchal for PMGSY. He has delivered a number of lectures in various parts of the country for the benefit of engineers of North East, Gujrat, Maharastra, MP, H.P., Haryana, Jharkhand, J& K etc. He has also contributed to the manual of rural roads developed by Rural Roads Committee of IRC (H-11). Dr Praveen Kumar has developed various softwares, which are useful in the field of Roads and Road Transport. He has edited a film on Rural Transportation in association with TTTI, Chandigarh. His research work has been published in a directory of Technology Transfer. Dr Praveen Kumar has guided Four Ph.D. and Fifty Six M.Tech. theses in Transportation Engg. Three Ph.D.s and Three M.Tech.s are in progress. He has contributed to a number of National and International Seminars in Delhi and Roorkee in various capacities. He has organised a two day National Seminar on “Reforms in Technical Education at University of Roorkee as Convener. It was fully funded by the . He has been Warden of Ravindra Bhawan, Staff Advisor, Yoga and Manager, ABN Senior Secondary CBSE School, IITR. He has served the Civil Engg Deptt in various administrative capacities including O.C. Purchase, O.C. Central Facilities O.C. Time Table and Staff advisor, Cognizance-2004, 2005.

31 Annexure-I SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS BY Dr PRAVEEN KUMAR B.E. from MREC Jaipur (Now NIT), M.E. from UOR(IITR), Ph. D. from UOR(IITR) Specialization: Planning, Design and Construction of Rural Roads, Waste Materials Utilization in Roads, Intelligent Transport System and Modified Bitumen

Experience Scientist B at Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, 1992-1998 Asstt Professor 1998-2004, Associate Professor Feb. 2004-07, Professor 2007 onwards at IITR. Research Publication Published Accepted Sent Total International & National Refereed 85 4 16 105 Journals National/International Conferences 89 1 4 94 Grand Total 174 5 20 199 Research Guidance Degree Awarded In Progress Total Ph.D. 4 3 7* M.Tech. 56 3 59 * 3 Ph.D. as Single Guide, 3 as Main Guide and 1 as Second Guide Research Projects: Sponsored Projects 5 (58 Lakhs as Principal Investigator) Consultancy Projects 100(approximately 2 Crores as PI/CoPI) Training Courses: 25 Courses as Principal Coordinator (Total about 1000 participants) Also delivered 40 Lectures for Engineers/Teachers at various places for NITHE, NABARD, NRRDA. Awards: 1. CSIR National Research Prize in 1995-96. 2. Young Teachers’ Career Award of AICTE in April 2000. 3. Outstanding Research Paper (Best) Award of Indian Roads Congress 1999-2000. 4. Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Centenary Award of Indian Roads Congress for year 2000. 5. The Brij Mohan Lal Memorial Award (Best paper)-2001 of The Institution of Engineers (I) 6. Outstanding Teacher Award (Best Teacher) of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2003 and again in 2007 7. Best Paper Award of ISCMS-2002 8. Star Performer, IIT Roorkee, 2004, 2005, 2006 9. BOLTAward (Best Teacher) by Air India, 2006, 2007 10. Shiksha Ratan Puraskar by IIFS, 2007 Major Responsibilities: 1. Member, 6-Member National Executive Committee, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna 2. Coordinator, Principal Technical Agency (IITR), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna 3. Coordinator, State Technical Agency (IITR), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna 4. Warden, Ravindra Bhawan, IITR 5. Staff Advisor, Yoga, IITR, 2001-09 6. Editor- Samvaad (News Letter) Manthan (Research Magazine) and Annual Report 9. O.C.Time Table, (2002-04), O.C.Purchase (2000-02) and O.C.Lab (TES) Civil Engg Deptt 12. Manger A.B.N.Senior Secondary School, IITR 2006 onwards Countries Visited: United States, Australia, China & Nepal Conferences Organised: 2 as Convener, 10 as Member, Organising Committee. Honours: 1. Member, Rural Roads Committee, Indian Roads Congress 2. Member, Strategic Planning Group, IITR 3 Member, Research Council, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna

32 Response of Students during whole tenure at IITR : Average about 92% at UG/PG level

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